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Qaqortoq (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 60 43 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 60.7160 decimal degrees |
| Long: 046 02 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -46.0330 decimal degrees |
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Note: Early Norse settlement, East Settlement, was located on or very near the site of the present town, disappeared in 14th cen. |
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| Qaqortoq (preferred,C,V,Greenlandic-P,U,N)
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| Julianehåb (C,V,Danish-P,U,N)
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| East Settlement (H,O)
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| Kakortok (C,V)
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| Kakortak (C,V)
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| Julian Haab (C,V)
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| Julianehaab (C,V)
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Qaqortoq (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by Erik the Red after 986 |
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